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Vista Runs Hot on Macbook Pro
PetManimal writes "Ken Mingis, Computerworld's Mac editor, has given Vista a spin on his Macbook Pro in order to review and compare hardware performance with OS X. It's not a rigorous benchmarking, but he does notice a few issues relating to power consumption: 'Since installing Vista, I have found that my MacBook Pro runs hot. No doubt Microsoft hasn't worked on power management issues that might affect Apple hardware, which leaves me to wonder whether I'm slowly cooking the motherboard of my laptop. It's not hot enough to fry an egg on the aluminum case, but my laptop is noticeably warmer than when I use Mac OS X. I've also noticed that battery life is substantially reduced. Once again, energy management for Apple hardware is not likely at the top of Microsoft's list. Once Apple writes updated drivers to work with Vista, I'd expect these issues to be addressed.'"
"Why is this news? A beta OS doesn't run at full capacity on a specific piece of hardware? More likely is that Apple needs to release Vista power management drivers."
Just think about it this way - posting garbage like this keeps Zonk off the streets, where he's sit around all day leeching power to code useless PPC linux F/OSS apps on a used toilet-seat iBook in-between bottles of Mad Dog 20/20. Be sure to respond to stories like this, or he might go the way of John Katz, and end up out in the real world inflicting himself upon the rest of us.
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-- Jason
At least it wasn't a Dell, with a Sony battery and a Maxtor HDD! That would probably blow a whole builing!
Ahh yeah. Poor John Katz... Killed by a pack of wild dingos while doing research for his 20 part "Columbine Revisited" series of articles that was to be his great comeback. Tragic, really...
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Yeah, somebody needs to tell this guy that nobody actually reads the articles.
How is a Sony Vaio MS's best effort?
Wouldnt that be, like, Sony making crappy laptops?
-Red
Guns don't kill people, "with glowing hearts" kills people.
My guess was that Windows' System Idle Process was using CPU cycles even when nothing else was
Damned System Idle Process, regularly hogging 100% of my CPU! I bet it uses even more in Vista!
So I try to end the process and Task Manager gives me some BS about it not being valid. What if I want to use a different idle process? Hmm? Vendor lock-in! Monopoly!
Just one more reason to drop M$ and Windoze if you ask me.
"What do you despise? By this are you truly known." --Princess Irulan, Manual of Muad'Dib
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"Apple's top-end laptop runs Vista better than a high-end Sony Vaio"
So, the Mac he bought a few months ago performs better than a Sony he bough almost a year ago? How is that not expected? You compare two PC laptops of the same age difference and you're going to get the same result.
It's like saying 'Gee, my brand new Mac is faster than the old PC I'm replacing, Macs are so much better'
Bah and humbug.
That's why we have commenters and an excellent moderation system.
http://www.TheGamerNation.com/Forums
All slashdotters that actually intend on upgrading ANY computer to Windows Vista please,. . . STAND ON YOUR HEAD!!!!
2^5
unless they continually broke it intentionally
:/
And we know Microsoft would never do that...
At least it wasn't a Dell, with a Sony battery and a Maxtor HDD! That would probably blow a whole builing!
Yes it would probably suck big time!
John Carmack fan, browsing at +5 since 1999.
He must have worked at my company and spoken to ed, the friendly helpdesk guy.
I would sit near Ed and overhear him telling people outright fabrications as
explanations for their problems. It was then that I realized that anyone who can
lie or bullshit can work at a helpdesk, because they don't actually HAVE TO know anything,
and can pass it over to the desktop support guy at anytime. What they didn't expect is that I
would play Ed's game better than Ed himself. He thought he had game, I got _game_..... Just a taste for you:
\Q: Why won't the desktop appear when I boot? A: Sun Spots.
Q. Why can't I print? A. The Mafia.
Q. Why can't I delete files fromt the server share? A. Because the Gerbils are tired.
I think you catch my grift by now.